SALVADOR DALÍ HOUSE

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Platja, 17488 Port Lligat, Girona, Spain

Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí lived and worked in this hose in Portlligat, Catalonia, Spain from 1930 to 1982. After the death of his wife Gala Dalí, he took up residence at Púbol Castle.

The story goes that in 1929 Dalí met his muse and future wife Gala, but Dalí’s father did not approve of their relationship. Following an argument, Dalí’s father contacted local hoteliers to ensure that none of them would rent a room to his son. This resulted in Salvador Dalí purchased a small home, a fisherman’s hut, in 1930 in nearby Portlligat where he and Gala lived for more than 40 years.

Over the years they expanded the residency, which created the unique property and can be seen today. It has a labyrinthine structure with narrow corridors, changes of level, and blind passageways, and the rooms have windows of different shapes and proportions framing the Portlligat bay. The house is maintained exactly as it was when the couple lived there.

The house is open to the public, and maintained by the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation which is a private cultural institution founded by Salvador Dalí, and is named after his wife, Gala Dalí.